Dylan BuellIf you've never watched Alex Noren's pre-shot routine, you need to right now. Then again, you may want to wash your eyes out after, so viewer discretion is advised. Here is the 10-time tour winner preparing to hit a tee shot during the 2018 Dell Match Play looking like an absolute nut job as he contorts his body in an odd-looking way:
What Noren is doing is over exaggerating this move at the ball to prepare his body and mind to execute something similar to that when he actually swings. He doesn't actually stop on the downswing. When he does eventually make his move, he'll produce something that looks like his pre-shot routine in full motion.
What does this have to do with anything? Well, I'm going to make a forced comparison to Noren's pre-shot routine to another professional athlete, because it's Friday of Memorial Day Weekend so why not?
Earlier this week, Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto channeled his inner Noren prior to a pitch..

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During a media scrum following a Golden State Warriors practice, Thompson didn't hide his disgust when he was informed he wasn't among the All-NBA selections (three teams of five selected by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters). His most animated reaction, though, came when he was told that Charlotte's Kemba Walker made it over him. Check it out, specifically at the 15-second mark:
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To his credit, Klay at least tried to recover.
“I respect those guys, but holy, when you go to five straight (finals), it takes more than just two All-NBA guys,” Thompson says in the clip. “That's an all-time team…

Baltimore Orioles play-by-play man Gary Thorne has had himself quite a week behind the mic. Unfortunately, he has the opposing team to thank for that.
It all began on Monday, when the red-hot New York Yankees rolled into Camden Yards and infielder Gleyber Torres stepped to the plate in the top of the second inning. At that point, Torres had hit eight homers on the season, SIX of which came against the Orioles. Even with this knowledge, Baltimore pitcher Andrew Cashner lobbed this 75-mph meatball over the middle of the plate that Torres sent to the moon for his seventh of the season against the O's. Thorne was fed the hell up:
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This was the original viral clip of the week from Thorne. Little did he know the Yanks were just getting started. Torres hit another home later that game, which the Yankees came back to win 10-7 on a three-run Gary Sanchez Homer in the top of the ninth. The following night, Sanchez got the game rolling with..

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Larrazabal was cruising around nicely during his opening round in Denmark until his third shot into the par-5 11th buried in a greenside bunker. And by buried, we mean BURIED. Larrazabal's golf ball was deeper into the ground than most caskets.
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